1. The role of vitamin C in the body
Vitamin C has many important roles for the body such as:
- Participates in creating collagen and some components of connective tissue
- Support iron absorption because vitamin C is involved in converting trivalent iron into divalent iron, helping the body to easily absorb iron. So people with iron deficiency often take with vitamin C
- Participates in the body’s metabolism such as protid, lipid, and glucide metabolism
- Participates in the synthesis of a number of substances such as catecholamin, adrenocortical hormone, increases the creation of interferon, thereby helping to increase the body’s resistance.
- Anti-oxidant by neutralizing free radicals generated from metabolic reactions in the body, thereby protecting the integrity of cell membranes;
- Help increase absorption of calcium into the body and increase bone density.
2. Effects of Vitamin C deficiency
Objects prone to vitamin C deficiency include alcoholics, smokers, the elderly, people with malabsorption, … When vitamin C deficiency, there will be symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and skin. rough, slow healing and petechiae. Currently, This vitamin deficiency is quite rare. Lack of vitamin C will lead to the following harms:
- Anemia: It helps to absorb iron, thus lack of vitamin C the body cannot absorb enough iron and causes anemia.
- The wound heals slowly
- Osteoporosis: people with vitamin C deficiency have a higher risk of fractures, osteoporosis, especially in women and the elderly.
- Degenerative joint disease: it contributes to collagen synthesis.
- Cardiovascular disease: Lack of this vitamin can lead to a number of cardiovascular diseases such as extravasation, poor vessel walls…
- Scurvy: As one of the typical diseases when the body is deficient in vitamin C. Typical symptoms of Scurvy include: gingivitis, easy loss of teeth, swelling of the joints, bleeding teeth, bleeding under the skin, …
- Cancer: When vitamin C is deficient, the body is more susceptible to free radical damage and can lead to some cancers in the long run.
3. The harmful effects of excess vitamin C
Excess vitamin C can also lead to many harms. If you take high doses of this vitamin for a long time, you may experience undesirable effects such as gastrointestinal disturbances, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, cystitis, diarrhea, increased kidney stone formation, gout, decreased endurance. Red blood cells, interfere with absorption of vitamins A and B12 and can cause reverse suppression if stopped suddenly. In particular, pregnant women taking high doses of vitamin C for long periods of time can cause abnormal needs in the fetus, leading to early scurvy in the baby.
4. The amount of Vitamin C needed per day
- Vary with age, as follows:
- Children 6-11 months are 25-30 mg / day
- Children 1-6 years old are 30 mg / day, children aged 7-9 are 35 mg / day
- Adolescents 10-18 years old are 65 mg / day
- Adults are 70 mg / day
- Pregnant women are 80 mg / day
- Breastfeeding women are 95 mg / day.
This vitamin is found in fruits and vegetables such as papaya, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, guava, broccoli, … So you need to eat a combination of vegetables and fruits to fully supplement vitamins and minerals for the body. The consumption of vegetables for adults is usually 300g of vegetables / person / day, the fruit is 100g / person / day, and for children, it is about 100-200g / child / day. In many cases, the diet does not provide the necessary amount of vitamin C, so take vitamin C supplements.
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